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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I grade an assignment?</h1></div>
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    <p>This article describes how to grade an assignment using the new grader interface. For instructions on grading using the older interface, please see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoigradeanassignmentusingthelegacygradinginterface">How do I grade an assignment using the legacy grading interface?</a></p>
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    <p>If you are grading an External Tool (LTI) Assignment, please see the <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoigradeanexternaltoolltiitem">How do I grade an External Tool (LTI) item?</a> for more information about LTI assignments.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Assignments.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Assignments</strong> tool from the Tool Menu in your site.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select the assignment to grade.</h2>
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    <p>Click the <strong>Grade</strong> option associated with an<strong> </strong>assignment.</p>
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    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: If you did not choose a grading scale for the assignment, <strong>View Submissions </strong>will be displayed to you rather than<strong> Grade</strong>. </em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">The check box next to Use new Grader to grade submissions should be selected by default.</h2>
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    <p><em><strong>Tip</strong>: If you open a submission to grade and don't see the new interface, try deselecting and then reselecting <strong>Use new Grader to grade submissions</strong>.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select a student to grade.</h2>
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    <p>Select a student to grade by clicking on their ID in the <strong>Student</strong> column. </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">View the student's inline submission, if available.</h2>
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<li>The student submission should display by default. If there is more than one item submitted, you may also click <strong>Inline Submission</strong> to display the student's inline submission in the document viewing area. </li>
<li>The student's inline submission displays in the viewing area.</li>
<li>Select the <strong>Add Feedback </strong>button if you would like to enter comments or feedback directly into the inline submission. Feedback should be surrounded by double curly brackets and will appear in red text to the student.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">View the student's submitted attachment, if available.</h2>
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<li>The student submission should display by default. If there is more than one item submitted, you may also click the attachment filename link to open it within the document viewing area.</li>
<li>View the attached submission in the viewing area. </li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Enter a grade.</h2>
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    <p>Enter the score for the student's assignment in the <strong>Grade</strong> field. The maximum available points display to you next to the <strong>Grade</strong> field.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Or, grade with a rubric. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>If you associated this assignment with a grading rubric, click the <strong>Rubric</strong> button to display the grading rubric.</p>
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    <p>Select one rating per rubric criterion.</p>
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    <p>Optionally enter comments about your selection within each criterion by selecting the <strong>Comment</strong> icon. Click <strong>Done</strong> to save the comments.</p>
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    <p>Select <strong>Done </strong>after selecting all of your criterion ratings to save the rubric score.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">To edit a saved rubric evaluation, select the rubric icon (Grading Rubric).</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">To remove a saved rubric evaluation, select the Remove link.</h3>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Add feedback. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>To add feedback comments for the student, click <strong>Add Feedback Comment</strong>.</p>
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<li>Enter comments using the Rich Text Editor.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Done </strong>to save your feedback.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Add a feedback attachment. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>To add a file attachment as part of feedback that will be available to the student, click <strong>Add Attachments</strong> and then attach a file from your device.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Add private notes. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>Click <strong>Private Notes</strong> to include additional information about your feedback for other instructors or TAs to view, but that will not be visible to the student, </p>
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<li>Enter comments using the Rich Text Editor.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Done</strong>.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Allow resubmissions.</h2>
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    <p>If you would like to allow the student to resubmit the assignment, check the <strong>Allow Resubmission</strong> box and specify the number of resubmissions allowed and the date until which they will be accepted.</p>
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    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: If you allowed resubmissions on the assignment when you created it, this information will be prepopulated with the default resubmission information for this assignment. Override the default resubmission settings for an individual student by changing the information in the <strong>Allow Resubmission</strong> area.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Save the score and feedback.</h2>
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<li>Click <strong>Save</strong> to save the grade and feedback. This option does not release the grade to the student.</li>
<li>Or, click <strong>Save and Release to Student</strong> to immediately release the grade and feedback to the student.</li>
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    <p><em><strong>Tip</strong>: Some instructors prefer to release all of the grades and feedback at one time after they have finished entering grades for the entire class. See </em><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoireleaseassignmentgrades"><em>How do I release assignment grades?</em></a><em><strong> </strong>for more information about releasing all grades and feedback at one time.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Navigate to other submissions. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>Navigate to other student submissions to using the left arrow icon (<strong>View the previous submission</strong>) or the right arrow icon (<strong>View the next submission</strong>).</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Customize the grader navigation and display settings. (Optional)</h2>
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    <p>Optionally, click the gear icon (<strong>Grader Settings</strong>) to customize the navigation and display settings so as speed up grading tasks. </p>
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<li>To only view students with submissions for the assignment, select <strong>Navigate between students with submissions</strong> while navigating.</li>
<li>Under Graded Status, you can select to view <strong>All Submissions</strong>, <strong>Only show ungraded submissions</strong>, or<strong> Only show graded submissions</strong> while navigating.</li>
<li>To view submissions for one group at a time while navigating submissions, choose the group under the <strong>Select a group</strong> dropdown menu.</li>
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